Quotes on THESEUS

Dr Reinhold Achatz, Head of Corporate Research and Technologies, Siemens AG, says that "THESEUS represents a vital contribution to the creation of knowledge in the society of tomorrow. The semantic technologies being developed in the course of the THESEUS program will make it possible to generate new knowledge from existing knowledge. With the help of the basic technologies and use cases developed in this research program, we will make a decisive step in the development of a knowledge and IT-based service economy / service economy based on knowledge and IT."




According to Prof. Dr-Ing. Hans-Jörg Bullinger, President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, "it is impossible to make sensible use of the rapidly increasing quantity of information from all areas without the help of technical knowledge management systems. THESEUS responds to this fundamental challenge set by the knowledge society: it is developing innovative tools and solutions for collecting, processing and linking the knowledge that is already available, as well as for acquiring new knowledge. This large and ambitious research project will allow us and our partners from the world of industry to give a strong boost to IT and communications research in Germany".



Prof. Dr Henning Kagermann, former CEO at SAP, states that "THESEUS provides an important basis for the next internet generation, namely the service internet. The general public and clients now have expectations and requirements that demand business model solutions that rely on knowledge-based and IT-based services. So the research programme provides an ideal opportunity to secure a competitive advantage for IT and communication technology in Europe, and particularly Germany".




Dr. Elisabeth Niggemann, Director General of the German National Library, says, "The key to the digital knowledge society is having uncomplicated and unfettered access to our cultural heritage. The technologies and concepts developed in THESEUS for the automatic semantic processing of large amounts of analogue media represent major technological building blocks for setting up the German Digital Library. These will make it possible to offer innovative services."





Vishal Sikka, Member of the Executive Board, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), SAP AG, says: “The right IT provides companies with a competitive advantage – wherever they do business across the globe. SAP is therefore committed to leveraging the latest innovative technologies to provide its customers with solutions that help them do business better. The Internet of services is one of these key technologies which will allow companies to rapidly develop their business with a mouse-click. “



According to Prof. Dr Wolfgang Wahlster, Head of the DFKI (German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence), “THESEUS is a combination of the IT trends “Semantic Web” and “Web 2.0” which, in the form of Web 3.0, will provide an innovative, groundbreaking knowledge infrastructure that will allow entirely new forms of knowledge access, knowledge management and web-based services, applications and business models”.











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